[seūp] (v) EN:inquire ; investigate ; try to find out ; fish for ; search for ; probe into ; detect FR: enquêter ; investiguer ; rechercher ; s'informer
[とう, tou] (v5u-s, vt) (1) to ask; to question; to inquire; (2) to charge (i.e. with a crime); to accuse; (3) to care (about); (4) without regard to (with negative verb); (P) #9,529[Add to Longdo]
[うかがう, ukagau] (v5u, vt) (1) (hum) to ask; to inquire; to hear; to be told; (2) to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); (v5u, vi) (3) (hum) to visit; (4) (from 御機嫌を伺う) to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.); (P) [Add to Longdo]
[ただす, tadasu] (v5s, vt) (1) (also written as 訂す in the case of textual errors) to correct; to reform; to amend; to redress; (2) (See 襟を正す) to adjust; to straighten; (3) (See 糺す) to ascertain; to confirm; to verify; to make sure of; (4) (See 質す) to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; (P) [Add to Longdo]
[しらべる, shiraberu] to sense, to investigate, to study, to inquire, to check [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Inquire \In*quire"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Inquired}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Inquiring}.] [OE. enqueren, inqueren, OF. enquerre,
F. enqu['e]rir, L. inquirere, inquisitum; pref. in- in +
quarere to seek. See {Quest} a seeking, and cf. {Inquiry}.]
[Written also {enquire}.]
1. To ask a question; to seek for truth or information by
putting queries.
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We will call the damsel, and inquire. --Gen. xxiv.
57.
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Then David inquired of the Lord yet again. And the
Lord answered him. --1 Sam.
xxiii. 4.
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2. To seek to learn anything by recourse to the proper means
of knowledge; to make examination.
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And inquire
Gladly into the ways of God with man. --Miltom.
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Note: This word is followed by of before the person asked;
as, to inquire of a neighbor. It is followed by
concerning, after, or about, before the subject of
inquiry; as, his friends inquired about or concerning
his welfare. "Thou dost not inquire wisely concerning
this." --Eccl. vii. 10. It is followed by into when
search is made for particular knowledge or information;
as, to inquire into the cause of a sudden death. It is
followed by for or after when a place or person is
sought, or something is missing. "Inquire in the house
of Judas for one called Saul of Tarsus." --Acts ix. 11.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Inquire \In*quire"\, v. t.
1. To ask about; to seek to know by asking; to make
examination or inquiry respecting.
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Having thus at length inquired the truth concerning
law and dispense. --Milton.
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And all obey and few inquire his will. --Byron.
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2. To call or name. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Syn: To ask; question. See {Question}.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inquire
v 1: inquire about; "I asked about their special today"; "He had
to ask directions several times" [syn: {ask}, {inquire},
{enquire}]
2: have a wish or desire to know something; "He wondered who had
built this beautiful church" [syn: {wonder}, {inquire},
{enquire}]
3: conduct an inquiry or investigation of; "The district
attorney's office investigated reports of possible
irregularities"; "inquire into the disappearance of the rich
old lady" [syn: {investigate}, {inquire}, {enquire}]
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